A SEASIDE caravan seems the perfect setting for Sue (Christine Oliphant) to write a new play, but she is misguided.

Site-regular and bumbling know-all Neville (Brian Cox) is first to approach her and he proves to be a constant distraction, not helped by the nagging he publicly endures from his wife, Mary (Jan McCready). They are accompanied by Mary’s sister Liz (Rosie Joyce) who has recently left her husband.

Tony (Mark Burns) and Jenny (Tammy Burns) are the occupants of the adjacent caravan, with their (unseen) kids and it was the relationship between the characters, especially the disruptive influence of predatory Liz that provoked the belated action in the play.

Generally the performances were enjoyable, but the frequent intervention of the prompt, on the final night, was disappointing.

The set was well-constructed and propped but a third caravan seemed to be a pre-requisite to make sense of the latter scenes.

ALAN JOHNS